I think I just dodged a bullet

           I have just come home from a colonoscopy. I was not particularly happy when my GI told me at my last scope that I did not need another for three years. I thought that was too long but she insisted that i did not need one at two years. Unfortunately the cost of private health insurance in Australia has gone thru the roof and as much as i hated to do it ,I could no longer afford private health insurance. My nephrologist referred me for the scope as the three years were up added to the fact that I was on long term powerful immuno suppressants . The public system is very slow and it took a further six months to get to the head of the que. I was pretty nervous when I went in today and the GI knew it. He came and saw me when I woke up and I could see he was not as confident as when I went in. He removed four polyps , the largest of which was 11 mm and the smallest 4mm. He removed them all and had to put three staples in the hole left by the 11mm one. He thinks they are ok but he has sent them all for biopsy so I won't know for a week.

          I guess the moral of the story is don't let your doctors make decisons about your health that you are not comfortable with. I should have insisted. In my mind it is unforgivable to develop a new primary cancer when you have survived for nearly twenty years. Ron.